Create a Community post

Community posts tin give you more than achieve on YouTube and greater engagement with your audience. Learn more virtually Community tab benefits and eligibility.

Create a post

To create a Community post:

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. At the top of the folio, select Create and then Create post.
  3. In the box at the top:
  4. Select Mail service.

We limit how many posts a channel can create in a 24-hour period to protect the YouTube customs. If you encounter a "limit reached" error message, try again in 24 hours.

Schedule a post

To schedule a Community mail service:

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. At the top of the page, select Create and then  Create post.
  3. In the box at the top:
  4. Click the downwards arrow next to Post and select Schedule Post.
  5. Choose a date, time, and time zone to publish the post.
  6. Select Schedule.

Mention other channels in a post

You can mention other YouTube channels in your Customs posts by entering @ followed immediately by the channel name. The channel may get a notification that you lot've mentioned them. Viewers can click the mention from whatsoever device and get directly to that channel page.

Understand types of posts

Text posts

To create a text post, enter your message in the text box on the Community tab of your channel. You lot tin can postal service your text by itself, or with a video, paradigm, or GIF. Text posts tin't be combined with polls.

Playlist posts

If yous accept Community posts turned on, you tin can post playlists from artists that you savor.

Open up the playlist you'd like to share and copy the URL. Paste the playlist URL in the text field when creating your Community post.

Prototype and GIF posts

You can choose to upload up to 5 images with your mail service. Click image  to select images or animated GIFs from your computer.

Guidelines

  • Size: Upwards to 16 MB
  • File types: JPG, PNG, GIF, or WEBP
  • Suggested aspect ratio: Nosotros propose 1:1 ratio because that'south how images are shown in the feed. Viewers can see the total image past clicking to expand information technology.

Keep in heed that all images must follow YouTube Community Guidelines.

Video posts

If you choose to add a video  to your mail service, you can either:

  • Search for a YouTube video
  • Paste in a YouTube video URL
  • Select a video from your YouTube channel

When you create a mail service that shares a video by another creator, a notification may be sent to the original uploader of the video. This notification helps creators acknowledge when other creators are sharing their videos.

Note: Community posts almost a video already in a viewer's Subscription or Dwelling house feed might not evidence again. This setting prevents your viewers from seeing the same video repeatedly.

Polls

If you choose to add together a poll to your post, you'll be asked to:

  1. Enter a question in the text field.
  2. Enter answers in the "Add together option" fields.
  3. If y'all demand more than respond fields, click +Add another choice and enter the questions and answers.

Note: Poll options can be 65 characters max.

Manage your activity

Yous can come across and manage a history of your action on Customs posts. This feature is just available on a computer.

  1. Go to YouTube.com.
  2. From the left, click History.
  3. From the correct nether "History type," click Community. Yous'll see your Community mail history.
  4. To edit or delete an activity, hover over it, click More > Edit or Delete.

Note: A history of posts you lot've opened is but kept for 30 days.

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